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Israel to bow its head in honor of fallen soldiers, terror victims

Israel to bow its head in honor of fallen soldiers, terror victims

The Defense Ministry said there were 68 casualties in the past year, and 58 disabled IDF veterans died of their wounds.   Israel will remember… Read More ›

A look into the IAF’s latest international exercise

A look into the IAF’s latest international exercise

The IAF pitted young pilots against squadrons from the US and Greek Air Forces last month to test their abilities to deal with unexpected threats.… Read More ›

‘Tuvia engaged knife attackers with bare hands’

‘Tuvia engaged knife attackers with bare hands’

IDF hands out citations for bravery, including a posthumous citation to St.-Sgt. Maj. Tuvia Yanai Weismann, who was killed trying to stop knife attackers in… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Haredim Demonstrate Over Arrest Of Draft-dodging Yeshiva Student

Jerusalem – Haredim Demonstrate Over Arrest Of Draft-dodging Yeshiva Student

Jerusalem – Several hundred young haredi men associated with an extremist haredi faction rioted on Sunday against the arrest of a yeshiva student caught by… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel Indicts Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu

Jerusalem – Israel Indicts Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu

  Jerusalem – Israel has indicted Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordecai Vanunu for meeting with American citizens in Jerusalem and violating other court-ordered restrictions. Vanunu is… Read More ›

New video ‘contradicts testimony’ of soldier who killed disarmed Palestinian

New video ‘contradicts testimony’ of soldier who killed disarmed Palestinian

Channel 2 airs footage casting doubt on Elor Azaria’s claim that wounded attacker was in reach of knife, wearing suspiciously out-sized jacket   Newly released… Read More ›

Indigenous activist advocates for Israelis’ ‘Native’ rights

Indigenous activist advocates for Israelis’ ‘Native’ rights

A self-proclaimed Zionist, Alberta-based Ryan Bellerose urges Jews to unflinchingly maintain control and access over their ancestral lands   It’s time the world — and… Read More ›

Martin Luther King III awards Israeli activists

Martin Luther King III awards Israeli activists

Son of famed civil rights leader presented the 2016 Unsung Hero Award to three Israeli activists for their work on behalf of Ethiopian Jewish immigrants… Read More ›

High Court: Deri can be interior minister

High Court: Deri can be interior minister

With a majority of two against one, the High Court rejected the appeal that argued that the Shas leader’s criminal record from the 1980s as… Read More ›

After UN snub, terror victim’s husband speaks out

After UN snub, terror victim’s husband speaks out

Natan Meir writes strongly worded letter to Ban Ki Moon decrying lack of humanity at the Security Council after being ignored by every UN Security… Read More ›

Amona residents demand government legalize their West Bank outpost

Amona residents demand government legalize their West Bank outpost

One of the most violent clashes between settlers and security forces took place at Amona in 2007 when the IDF demolished nine unauthorized new stone… Read More ›

Right-wing NGO threatens to sue Netanyahu over Palestinian incitement

Right-wing NGO threatens to sue Netanyahu over Palestinian incitement

Shurat Hadin has accused Israel of facilitating PA incitement to genocide against its own Jewish citizens.   Shurat Hadin – Israel Law Center on Sunday… Read More ›

Israel concerned about expected US settlement criticism

Israel concerned about expected US settlement criticism

New Quartet report will attack Israel’s West Bank policies.   The Quartet – the international entity charged with brokering peace between Israel and the Palestinians… Read More ›

Heroic mountain climber summits 10th tallest mountain

Heroic mountain climber summits 10th tallest mountain

Nadav Ben Yehuda, a holder of the Presidential Medal of Honor, has become the first Israeli to climb Annapurna 1 in Nepal, planting the flag… Read More ›

Police brace for violence after mob hit kills son of crime boss

Police brace for violence after mob hit kills son of crime boss

Driveby shooting in northern Tel Aviv Saturday left one dead, one wounded; manhunt underway for shooters   Police in the Tel Aviv area are bracing… Read More ›

In new memoir, resolution of mother-daughter conflict is in the cards

In new memoir, resolution of mother-daughter conflict is in the cards

‘The Bridge Ladies’ draws attention to strong suits of Silent Generation’s Jewish women   They say you can’t go home again, but that’s exactly what… Read More ›

Ken Livingstone: ‘Creation of Israel was fundamentally wrong’

Ken Livingstone: ‘Creation of Israel was fundamentally wrong’

The former Labour mayor of London calls Israel a ‘mistake,’ argues there was no anti-Semitism in the Arab world until founding of the Jewish State… Read More ›

An Eilat renewal?

An Eilat renewal?

The numbers of foreign tourists flying into Eilat have dropped significantly in the past two decades. Will a new airport be enough to bring the… Read More ›

UN leader on PM’s invitation to Jewish history lesson: No thanks

UN leader on PM’s invitation to Jewish history lesson: No thanks

After Netanyahu offered a seminar for all UN personnel in Israel on the Jewish people’s historical connection with the land, their leader replied with a… Read More ›

‘Green Prince’ to speak at Jerusalem Post Conference in NY

‘Green Prince’ to speak at Jerusalem Post Conference in NY

Son of Hamas leader was made famous by 2014 documentary.   Mosab Hassan Yousef, known as “The Green Prince” after the award-winning documentary made about his… Read More ›